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VISIT TO CAMP
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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' SYNOPSIS: Josh Hastings, own
tr of th Fliina Six, Iries to buy
Kay Crandon's Lan; Nln after
her ranch house and barn bum,
He also tries to court Kay, but she
distrusts him and is determined to
keep her ranch. Ted Gaynor, a
puncher the impulsively hired,
stirs the outfit to cut its own tim-
ber and rebuild without pay.
Hastings' cowhand, Scrap John
son, molests Kay, but Ted rescues
her and whips Scrap. Later they
shoot it out at the divide, wound
ins each other. Hastings, who
hates both men, finds them and
murder Scrap, using Ted's gun
to frame him, Ted craw! to a
shack where a girl takes him in.
Chapter 23
A Moonlight Ride
IT was quite dark when Kay clat
1 tered up to the Flying Six ranch
house. At tier whoopee, Babs and
Buth came dashing out. Dismount
ing, she met them at the foot of the
tens, and they all three burst into
the living room together, their
arms intertwined.
"Well, well, bless me If you don't
ill look the same age!" Josh Hast
ings got up and came toward them.
Though he addressed the whole
trio, his eyes were fixed on Kay,
with her bright eyes and flushed
cheeks framed in a tousled mop of
tuburn curls.
Kay instantly straightened up
and smoothed her hair. It was all
she could do to repress the angry
contempt and scorn she felt for this
man, who had tried by such sneak
ing means to get the best of her, but
she realized that for the moment,
at least, she must act as though
nothing had happened to change
ber usual attitude toward him.
"Where've you been all day?"
Aunt Kate's querulous question
broke the awkward moment, and
Kay turned to her with relief.
I was terribly sorry not to get
over sooner." she contritely went
over and kissed her, "but 1 was
waiting around for Ted Gaynor to
come back with his mother and
lister." ,
A curious pause followed these
words, and something made Kay
glance up keenly at Josh Hastings.
Bis eyes were narrowed on her
with an enigmatic stare, and a half
smile twisted his lips into a sinister
line.
Kay felt a cold unreasoning
dutch at her spine. With great dif
ficulty, she repressed the involun
tary shudder that contracted her
muscles.
The memory of that premonition '
he had had when Ted said goodby
to her flashed over her again, but
he sternly ignored it, No matter
what Josh Hastings had tried to do
to her, she couldr? t blame him for
Ted's failure to appearl She at
least had to be fair enough to
admit that
"I reckon you've made a mistake,
taking on that man and a whole
parcel of relatives," Aunt Kate
broke through the strained mo
ment. "It'll be a good thing if he
doesn't show up at all."
Josh Hastings let out a great guf
faw. "Trust Aunt Kate to hit the
nail on the headl" he exclaimed,
with indulgent appreciation. "She's
aid a mouthful!
"Sure I have," Aunt Kate agreed
complacently, a pleased smile on
her lips at the flattery of her host's
glance.
"Perhaps I have made a mis
take." Kay obeyed a sudden mis
chievous impulse. "If they weren't
coining, you and Babs could come
back now and have that cabin."
"Well, seein' you've promised It
to them, I reckon you'U have to see
H through."
Kay smiled at Aunt Kate's hur
ried change of tactics, as she saw
herself transferred from the com
fort of her present quarters to the
rigors of the pioneer life in a small
cabin.
Unavoidable Escort
"TIOW about that tlmberland you
i were thinking of buying the
last time you were here?" Josh
Hastings' tone was elaborately
careless as he put this question,
but his eyes were alert as la
studied Kay's expression to try to
discover whether Scrap Johnson
had told her what his errand to
town that day had been.
The fact that Kay had come over
to the Flying Six would seem to
indicate that she had not discov
ered his effort to double-cross her,
but Josh Hastings was eager to get
this point cleared up. If Scrap had
told her, he'd have quite a bit of
explaining to do. and he had a
Klausible yarn all ready. But if she
new n' thing about it, his best line
obviously was to let well enough
alone.
"Oh, yes. 1 was telling you about
tha!" Kay met his glance with
wide-eyed Innocence. I bought It
up. In fact, one of my punchers
was in.town attending to It for me
that afternoon I was here. Didn't
I mention it?"
"No, you didn't." Josh Hastings'
efforts to concenl his feelings were
less successful than Kay's, and she
smiled inwardly at his disgusted
tone.
"Well, If you take my advice,
you'll sell out while you ve got a
chance." Aunt Kate put in her
word. "Josh Hastings, here, Is giv
IED
IN FAMILY ROW
EUOKN. July 81. (API Judge
Fred FlAit, being no Solomon, feoed
a touch problem In deciding on tne
custody of Msry EWlne Cotter, etslit-
months-old daughter of Harold ana
Edna Cotter, and alter a bearing on
the matter, deferred hit dnrlalon
pending study of lawyers' briefs on
the case.
The father allegedly took the child
with him when be left Oakdale. Cel.
recently, following a family row. On
a warrant Issued in the California
city on a complaint signed by the
mother. Sheriff C. A SwarU of Lane
count; srretd the two at Divide
earl); W
ing you the best offer you're likely
to get"
"Perhaps." Kay turned to the
door to hide the flash - of anger
she felt against her aunt for being
such an easy tool in Josh Hasting
hands. "I'll have to be getting
back, now."
"I'm going with you," Josh Has
tings announced.
"No, you mustn't!" Kay expos
tulated, angry at herself for not
having foreseen this outcome of
her visit. "I'd rather go alonel It's
moonlight and I'm not the least bit
afraid.
"That's not the point." Josh
Hastings reached up for his hat and
coat 'I'm doing this for my own
pleasure."
Realizing that she was fairly
caught and that to protest any fur
ther would be to attach undue
importance to the situation, Kay
gave in as gracefully as she could.
After saying goodnight to Babs and
ler aunt the two started off together.
For some time they rode through
the moonlight without saving any
thing. As he had insisted on com
ing, Kay decided to leave the
burden of the conversation to him,
and the magic of the night inevi
tably drew her thoughts to Ted
Gaynor.
The long rolling reaches of the
mesa stretched out in silver radi
ance before them, broken only by
ghostly clumps of brush, with their
weird twisted shadows, lengthen
ing in the moonlight
If only Ted had come when he
had said he would, she would be
taking this ride with him instead
of Josh Hastings, Kay reflected,
with a renewed wave of disap
pointment It's An Ugly Story
AS though reading her thoughts
her companion suddenly broke
the lorn silence, chiming in with
what she was thinking with an un
canny insight.
"Your Aunt Kato was righ'
about that Gaynor guy. Kav." Hif
tone was full of a friendly protec-.
tion. "mere are a lew tmngs i
want to tell you about him, and
then I think that you'll agree with
her."
"Yes?" Kay waited non-commlt-
tally for what he had to sav. al
though her eyes held a hostile dis
belief ot whatever it might be.
"I'm surprised that he d have the
nerve to come to any range where
he knew I was. Josh Hastings
went on. "but I reckon he won t
stay long, even if he does show up
which I doubt."
"Why?"
Josh Hastings hesitated, then
spoke with a show of reluctance.
"It's an ugly story, but I think you
ought to know It for your own
protection. When I had my ranch
over in the Clear Water basin, this
Gaynor was punching for Old Man
Gage of the X Bar L. He was in
volved In a rustling raid ot his
boss's cattle, and the shooting of
his son."
He paused a moment, then add
ed. "There was a girl mixed up in
It too, but I won't go into that."
"You may as well give me the
whole story, now you ve started."
Kay's voice was coldly uncon
vinced and Josh Hastings flared up
at her implied disbelief.
"Just a pretty case of getting the
girl in trouble and then deserting
her." Josh Hastings shot a sidelong
look at Kay to get her reaction to
this news, and as he caught the
quick look of surprised unbelief,
he added, "She committed sui
cide." "How do you know that Ted
Gaynor was responsible?" Kay
demanded hotly. The story was
certainly ugly, but she found II
impossible to associate it with Ted
He couldn't have been guilty of a
thing like that! It sounded much
more like the sort of thing Josh
Hastings himself would be capable
of.
"It was common talk." Hastings
answered her indignant question
with a more tolerant tone. I don'l
wonder you are startled. But now
you can see the probable reason for
his disappearance. He knew you'd
hear his story sooner or later from
me, and figured he'd better clear
out while the going was good."
For several moments they rode
on in silence, then Kny said slowly
"I'm certainly not going to con
demn anyone by 'common talk' and
iimor. You ought to have some
thing more tangible to go on, be
fore you spread a story like that to
ruin a man's reputation."
Josh Hastings gave a short laugh
"I must say your confidence in me
Isn't any too flattering."
"Would you repeat that story tc
Ted Gaynor's face?" Kay de
manded. "Sure I would! But don't worry
I won't have to," Hasting!
aneered. 'Take my word for it thai
talk about showing up again with
his mother and sister was all on
grand bluff."
Kay made no answer, but sht
touched Flicker with her heel, anil
set a sharper pace for home. Shf
didn't for one minute believe Josl
Hnstlnes' story, but she was ani
mated by a sudden imperative de
sire to get rid of his hateful
presence.
ICopyrloM, I17. Jforts it Ntrvaiid)
Josh FHitlnri tores hit kisses su
Ray, tomorrow.
A hearing was held Iste yesterday
In which attorneys for Mrs. Cotter
chsrged the father wss a "vicious
and dlsrsupuble" ieron. while tttt
Utters sttorney sought to prove his
fitness to be a father and hinted
at a poMlhle reconctllstlon. Mrs.
Cotter ImmedUtelj ssld this was Im
possible, so Judge risk ssked for
briefs on the less! sspecu ot the
case and deferred his decision.
DUKE AND DUCHESS BAN
BATHING DUDS PHOTOS
VENICE. July SI. (UP) Italian
police, actlD on a request of the
Duke of Windsor, toiler ohesed a
rrench newspaper photographer who
tried to Uke the duchess' pk-ture
when she appeared on the bescn In
a bathing suit.
The dake aald that all pictures
ot himself and the duress In bath
tng clothes were forbidden.
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FOR 5 3m&HT PAYS
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BLOCKADE RUNNER IN
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The "Amerlra"
Strange as It seems, the "America's
Cup" trophy Is not American but
English. It was won by the United
States the first time It was at stake
and has been held by American
yachtsmen ever since a period of 60
years.
Originally known as the "Hundred
Guineas cup", because of Its value it
was offered as a trophy for an Inter
national yacht race by England's
Royal Yacht Squadron. An Invita
tion was extended to the United
qtatea for the race and the schooner
"America" was built to compete in it.
On August 22, 1851, the race took
place. The "America" came In a
winner by a good margin, sailing the
00-mile course In 10 hours, 84 min
MOST BUSINESS HOLDS
STEM PACE IN WEEK
NEW YORK. July 31. (AP) Most
divisions of business held to a stead
TAH.SPIN TOMMY Looks Bad for Tommy 1
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AND SERG RUSHEO
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TOMMY AS A G
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leaped to one sine,
SNAPPED OFF THE
LIGHTS, THEM
OVERTURNED A
TABLE, USiriS IT
as a barricade,
josef tried to
reach the light
button, but a
bullet from toms
Gun smashed his
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utes. Henceforth the race's trophy
was to be known as the "America's
Cup" in honor of the yacht that first
won it.
Shortly after the race the "Amer
ica" was sold to an English yachts
man. Lord Da Blaqulere, and was
raced In England for the next 10
years. The ship's next appearance In
America was made under the flag of
the Confederate States of America as
a blockade runner In southern waters
during the Civil war.
She operated with considerable
success for a time, then was scuttled.
Later the vessel wss raised by the1
federals, commissioned a U. S. cruiser
and equipped with four guns.
The "America" made a reappear
ance In the racing world in 1870 when
ier course this week, although some
lines dragged along at a slow pace,
Dun & Bradstreet said today in the
weekly review.
Retail sales went ahead 3 to 7 per
cent from the preceding week but
the extension of gains over the 1036
comparable week was shortened In
tv.nnv districts, the asrency said.
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she was refitted as a yacht by the
United States government and en
tered in the second "America's Cup"
race the only Instance in which any
government ever took a direct part in
a yacht race. The schooner came in
fourth with three other American
ships taking first, second and third
places. The "Cambria." only British
ship in the race, came in tenth.
After the 1870 race, the "America"
was bought by General Butler for
pleasure cruising end an occasional
race. Her last run in an "America's
Cup" race took place in 1001.
The 86-year-old "America" Is still
afloat, used as a nautical museum at
Annapolis.
Tomorrow: When Were Women
Forbidden the i:se of Perfume?
Industrial operations, however,
demonstrated surprising summer
strength as customary seasonal re
cessions were further postponed in
many divisions and more factories
reopened after vacation shutdowns.
The Pacific coast reported retail
gains over a year ago of 10 to 20
per cent.
KMOVv LLWAT TUP CI
MAN p.qka encru pj.t Til l EV-TRA, POOWDi OF
WHO ASt CCMIH6 f0 CAMP
FOR A VISIT Ib-DWi", 0U6Hf
fO 0E HERE PREftV 0OrJ
WU5E ALARM. DRAWS HAS
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SiCK, ASSUKIX6 HIM- 6IVE OP C0MIN6, 0lr)ES-
SELF HE DOESKPf CARE . WifiE 1rlEV'J 8E HERE
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